Notes from the Field
Apple Maps Is Getting Ads. The Opportunity Is Real. So Is the Tightrope.
Apple has confirmed ads are coming to Maps this summer. Here's the opportunity for local advertisers, where Apple lags Google, and how to prepare before launch.
Ads in ChatGPT: what we’re seeing in the new research moment
ChatGPT ads are attracting growing interest from brands. Here's what our testing reveals about targeting, pricing, measurement, and what marketers should know before investing.
How to Build a High-Performing Creative System at Scale
A practical four-stage framework for building a Meta creative system that continuously finds, tests, and scales high-performing creative.
World Cup 2026: this is what Total TV was built for
An advertiser's guide to the 2026 World Cup: what's different, what's possible, and where the opportunity actually sits.
Amazon’s data loop just got stronger
Amazon's closed data loop just extended in two directions at once: out to premium streaming, and in to a B2B audience that was never reachable at scale. Here's what that changes for how you target and measure CTV.
Meta’s CTV Play: What It Really Means for Advertisers
A programmatic practitioner's take on what Meta entering CTV could unlock for advertisers.
LinkedIn’s Latest Data: The New Rules of B2B Targeting
Most B2B campaigns target one decision-maker. The average buying group has ten. Here's how to build a strategy that reaches all of them.
Data Strength: The Measurement Foundation Your Google AI Needs to Perform
A guide for advertisers on how to build first-party measurement foundations that improve Google AI performance.
Google Marketing Live 2026: AI is the new interface
Our take on Google's biggest product innovations from GML 2026, and what they mean for how you brief, track, and optimize your campaigns.
Meta’s AI Rebuild: What’s Driving Performance Now
Meta has automated the decisions most performance teams are still making manually. Here's what this shift to AI-orchestrated advertising means for your competitive edge.
Unified CTV: III — The Future of Total TV Is Here
How consolidating BVOD, SVOD, and AVOD into a single buy delivered 4.5 million incremental impressions on top of a linear baseline.
TikTok World 2026: Is the marketing funnel finally dead?
Most brands are still planning TikTok around a funnel that no longer exists. Here's what TikTok World 2026 revealed about how the platform actually works.
